News On The Fly

Levi Old reports on the status of bull trout, a federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, in Trapper Creek. Thanks to work of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Trout Unlimited, the population is holding steady.

Awesomeness…

Watching someone fly cast and fly cast well is poetry and physics brought together for all to admire whether they are fly anglers or not.  Women often times bring one additional element to the mix, finesse, making the skill required appear effortless and visually captivating.  If you have ever considered picking up a fly rod to give it a try, please do so, our sport wants and needs you!

angler Kate Taylor
photo Dave McCoy

Written by: Liz Nahon, DVM

The Happiest Dog
Photo by Tracy & Andy Dauterman

To Tracy and Andy Dauterman, Cami was no ordinary dog. As most Golden Retriever owners can attest, Cami was an adorable and rambunctious puppy who loved nothing more than to chase lizards and. . .

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Written by: Scott McEnaney

There's a young man ready to head into the woods.
Photo by Matt J. Libby

Parker Libby is the 6th generaton of his family to work at Libby Camps in Maine. The Orvis-endorsed wingshooting lodge has a great team of Brittanys and guides, led by. . .

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The Moto's Minnow is one of Tom's favorites.
Photo via orvis.com

With winter fast approaching and bug activity mostly over in much of the country, there will be a lot of opportunities to fish streamers in the coming weeks. Knowing when to use these. . .

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Mira and her new owner hit it off immediately, as if they had been made for each other.
Photo via lifewithdogs.tv

Here's a wonderful story from Life With Dogs, about a dog named Mira who was dropped off at an open access shelter. Her owner simply was unable to care for her, and shelter workers were actually glad that. . .

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During the spawn, kokanees develop the classic sockeye hump, green head, and kype.

The landlocked version of the sockeye salmon, the kokanee (pronounced coke-a-nee) spends its entire life in fresh water. Instead of migrating to. . .

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UW scientists Matt Kaeberlein, with his dog Dobby, and Dan Promislow, with his dog Frisbee,
hope to launch a study of an anti-aging drug in dogs.
Photo by STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

One of the more difficult realities of dog ownership is the knowledge that your best friend won't be around forever. According to a recent article in The Seattle Times, a team of scientists at the. . .

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Finally, here's the trailer for the new blockbuster-to-be Hank Patterson's Reel Montana Adventure, which is having its premier in Missoula, Montana this Friday. Over the years, there's been a. . .

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"Kenny" rides to safety on the back of a kayak.
Photo by Claire Moxom via wbir.com

Three Tennessee women are being hailed as heroes for rescuing a little dog who was stranded on a log in the middle of the Tellico River. Teri Cox, Dee Prickett, and Nan Woodbury were kayak when they came across. . .

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TrueFlies Clothing has announced their sponsorship of El Pescador Lodge’s 40^th anniversary celebration to be held November 13^th to the 17^th. The event  will include the unveiling of a renovated main lodge with invited guests from the fly fishing industry.

Read more in the press release below. 

From RIO Products:

RIO Products, industry-leading manufacturer of fly lines, leaders and tippet material, adds the Skagit Max Long, the Skagit Max Short VersiTip, and the Skagit Max Long VersiTip to the arsenals of spey anglers. All additions utilize RIO’s ConnectCore technology with ultra-low stretch cores for the best in casting and angling performance.

The Skagit Max Long is an extended Skagit head designed to cast large flies and the heaviest sink tips with ease. The head is between 27ft and 30ft in length (depending on the size) and ideal for Spey rods of 13’ 6” and longer. Available from 500 grains up to 750 grains, these heads retail for $54.95 and include both a front and back welded loop as well as the Easy ID system to quickly identify the head weight.

Containing a 20 foot Skagit head the Skagit Max Short VersiTip is ideal for Spey and Switch rods of 12 feet and less and is available in

From the Outdoor Foundation:

Almost 143 million Americans, or 49.2 percent of the US population, participated in an outdoor activity at least once in 2013. Although the actual number of outdoor participants increased since 2012, the participation rate fell slightly, due to population growth. The findings are part of The Outdoor Foundation’s 2014 Outdoor Recreation Participation Report, the leading report tracking American participation trends in outdoor recreation with a focus on youth and diversity.

The Outdoor Foundation’s eighth annual Outdoor Recreation Participation Report helps the outdoor industry, public agencies and community organizations better understand the trends in outdoor recreation participation, enabling groups to address America’s inactivity crisis and the disconnect between children and the outdoors. The report is based on an online survey of more than 19,000 Americans ages six and older and covers 114 different outdoor activities, making it the largest survey of its kind.

The study, which provides an in-depth look at youth, shows mixed results about the youngest generations’ participation in outdoor activities. Participation among teenage girls made up for some of the losses seen in

Written by: Phoebe Bean

These glorious native brookies have been a treat for our Westerner intern.
All photos by Phoebe Bean

Last Friday marked the end of the fishing season here in Vermont, and the beginning of the wintery season in my mind. Having grown up in the West--fishing waters in Idaho and Montana, where the. . .

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Photo by Bill Curtis

My friend Bill Curtis sent in this cool photo, which shows the contents of the crops of several New York grouse that he shot. The variety of foods represented lets you know where to look for more birds.

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Written by: Jeremy Kehrein, Orvis Adventures

The huge rainbows that Alaska is famous for lived up to their billing.
All photos by Jeremy Kehrein

I have been lucky enough to travel to and live near many trout-filled waters throughout the world, but in August 2013, I finally took my first trip to the Land of the Midnight Sun. For years, I had. . .

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The Gate has always been dog-friendly, until the authorities clamped down.
Photo via parkslopestoop.com

For almost 20 years, since the bar first opened in 1997, folks who frequented a Brooklyn bar called The Gate have enjoyed the company of furry pals as they downed their microbrews. But last Monday,. . .

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This is an odd little video from France, with a title that's a play of a previous pike-fishing smash hit from a few years ago. This one starts with a bucolic scene, and then the angler has a fish on, but nothing much happens. Then, at about. . .

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The long saga of nurse Nina Pham, the Dallas nurse who contracted ebola while caring for a patient, and her beloved dog, Bentley, is finally. . .

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Selected as a feature film for the 2015 Fly Fishing Film Tour, this trailer previews the stories of guides from Alaska to the Bahamas, fly fishing on their days off. Via Kokkaffe Media.

Hunting season is upon us and we want to see how you're doing. So much so that we're giving away a Wet Weather Upland Softshell . . .

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Young Parker at the vise, making his version of a Clouser Minnow.
All photos by Dr. Brandon Shuler

Dr. Brandon Shuler of the Ocean Conservancy—and author of Glory of the Silver King: The Golden Age of Tarpon Fishing—sent us these great photos of his five-year-old son, Parker, along with a note: . . .

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Zoey makes for a scary alligator.
Photo by Betsy Lauren

Lots of folks here at Orvis take Halloweeb pretty seriously, so here's a look at what's going on around the building today. Our colleague Betsy Lauren brought her sweet rescue dog Zoey, in a. . .

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CONTEST RULES: How to Enter: The Contest begins at 11:00:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“ET”) on 7/1/15 and ends at 11:59:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“ET”) 7/15/15 (“Promotion Period”). To enter, during the Promotional Period, you must (i) have a\ registered account for the Instagram application (“Instagram”); and (ii) upload/post/tag at least one (1) original … Continue reading "#OrvisHunting Instagram Contest Rules"

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Welcome to another edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available. Here are 15 new videos to get you. . .

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The latest issue of the Canadian magazine The New Fly Fisher—an offshoot of the television show—is online now, and it’s. . .

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Orvis Adventures's Andrew Pierce (left) Reid Bryant started the workday right this morning
with a few Bennington County Canadas shot with guide Greg Videtto.
Photo by Greg Videtto

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We've all seen the sorry look that our dogs give us when they know that they've done something wrong. (Or is it that they know they're going to be punished?) Here's a video that posits what could happen if they could. . .

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